Surgeons at Edward Hospital now have
a robotic assistant to help increase perception and reduce complications for some
of the most delicate operations hospital representatives allowed and C.T.V.
Seventeen to see firsthand how a cutting edge surgical system works and C.T.V.
Seventeen's Alex Simmons reports. When Peter Lewis says doctors informed him he had
prostate cancer he knew he would face surgery to remove the prostate gland what he
didn't know was that there might be
a robot in the operating room he said that there was
a possibility of using the Davinci machine I decided to have an appointment Dr
Fisher for them him to explain more to me so after doing
a lot of research I decided that that was the best alternative to do it his
research found the Edward hospital's new to vent she system includes four robotic
arms to go into the surgical area three was surgical tools and one with
a high definition camera the arms are controlled by the surgeon and
a separate console with hand controls and foot pedals it provides a clear three D.
View of the surgical field and increased accuracy in situations where you must make
precise movements of less than
a millimeter eliminates all surgical tremor it decreases blood loss and well you
really delineate structures and there is you can do
a better job of sparing nerves. Although those console in the corresponding
obstacle course may look like something out of
a video game the surgeons that take the time to learn with the storm say the real
life results are outstanding. Dr Charles Miller has been performing minimally
invasive gynecologic surgeries for more than twenty five years it's kind of like
that situation of the of the horse and the car early on the horse was faster but
we're about to get to the point where robotic surgery across the board will be the
advanced technology that technology gave Peter Lewis
a clean bill of health tests indicate he is now cancer free and he's thrilled to
get in. Back to his normal activities I had
a wonderful experience if you have to have
a medical procedure and this is the best reporting from the Edward Heart Hospital
Alex Simmons neighbor Bill new seventeen Edward hospital surgeons are using the Da
Vinci system for
a number of abdominal procedures including bladder and kidney surgeries as well as
prostate surgery and hysterectomy.